June 15, 2005Last week's second episode of ABC's Dancing with the Stars scored a clean sweep in the weekly ratings rankings, placing as the top ranked television program of the week among both total viewers and the Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 age demographics.

June 2, 2005Defying most non-ABC expectations, ABC's quirky Dancing with the Stars delivered a big ratings performance in its Wednesday, June 1 premiere -- a performance that would appear to make it poised to become the first big ratings hit of the nascent summer television season.

May 10, 2005ABC has announced the identities of the six celebrities competing in Dancing with the Stars, its previously announced six-episode adaptation of the British Strictly Come Dancing ballroom dancing competition series that the network will premiere Wednesday, June 1 at 9PM ET/PT. And in a move that is bound to polarize reality fans, the network has cast former original Bachelorette Trista Rehn, now known as Trista Sutter, as one of the show's participants.